Think about the qualities of good games. What are your experiences with gaming in education/learning/life? What is your favourite game? What makes it great?
Go to the Voicethread link and post your thoughts and ideas by clicking on either the comment on play button as shown below. You may speak or write…your choice. If you don’t like what you recorded you can easily record over it.
References
Corcoran, Elizabeth. (2010) “The Gamification of Education”. In Forbes.com. Retrieved June 1, 2012 from http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/28/education-internet-scratch-technology-gamification.html
Foursquare. (n.d.) In Wikipedia. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foursquare
Gamer’s Mind Retrieved (2005, Nov 6) from http://ekted.blogspot.ca/2005/11/forces.html
Gamer’s Mind. Retrieved (2006, Nov 6) from http://ekted.blogspot.ca/2006/11/qualities-of-great-games.html
Smith-Robins, Sarah. (2011, Jan/Feb) “This Game Sucks: How to Improve the Gamification of Education“, Educause Review. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume46/ThisGameSucksHowtoImprovetheGa/222665
What Makes a Good Game? (n.d.) Retrieved May 30, 2012 from http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/goodgame.html
Authored by Bridget Perry-Gore
Hi Danielle,
Thanks for the information on the TED talk with Jane McGonigal and “Games for Change”.
She sheds a lot of light on the reasons what inspires gamers to play for hours on end and the link between the game and real life.
I have included the links for our readers below.
Jane McGonigal
http://www.ted.com/talk/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
Games for Change
http://www.gamesforchange.org/
Thanks for sharing
Bridget